Commissioners’ Agreement
Incorporation of the gender perspective in the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission’s work.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR, in Spanish)
considered it is vitally important to incorporate the gender
perspective
in its work of seeking truth and reconciliation. In this
regard, it encourages its officials to develop a constant concern
so
this aspect is present in their daily work.
To do so, it is necessary to acknowledge the effects that
political violence had on Peruvian men and women, understanding
the different
ways in which their human rights were affected during the
period under investigation. Likewise, we must acknowledge
the existence
of discrimination and invisibility of one sector of the population-
in this case women- and from that situation design strategies
to clearly incorporate what happened to them in CVR’s
investigations.
Although there are specific recommendations per work area,
some general strategies must be specially observed:
1. Always take into account the different ways in which violence
was experienced and continues being experienced by men and
women.
2. Permanently question if our conclusions and scope
can be generalized or if it is necessary to make a difference
depending
on if those involved are men or women.
3. Acknowledging the
existence of traditional gender roles that must not predetermine
the direction of our investigation
(woman, mother, wife, /man; father, head of household)
but which must be identified and recognized along the work.
4.
In what refers to statistical work, permanently differentiate
obtained results by sex.
5. Acknowledging that women’s
voices have been traditionally ignored.
6. Developing
the necessary mechanisms to have women’s
voices heard and to make the specific violation of their
human rights visible (public hearings, press notes, dissemination
material, etc.).
Lima, May 2002
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